"Cars are Cars" by Paul Simon...are my channels reversed?

I don't happen to own the particular Paul Simon album in question, but you might try playing some albums that feature jazz trio or quartet.  In such an ensemble, the pianist is typically on the left and the drummer on the far right, with the bass player in between.  OR, there is a Stereophile test CD with left and right channel signals, for just this purpose.  In other words, as I mentioned earlier, the ball is in your court.  Mentioning the Stereophile test CD also brings to mind that it has tracks for testing system phase.  If one channel is 180 degrees out of phase with the other, this can wreak havoc with left/right localization.  Check it.

Hi 

I have an American pressing. On “Cars are Cars”the lines Drive ‘em on the left and Drive ‘em on the right appear in the Left and Right channels respectively. 
Hope this helps.

Ian

Thanx, all.
Ian, your post was particularly helpful. I'll now assume there's something amiss in my new rig and will get to work.

I’d start at the cartridge pins, first of all.

Thanx, again, all, excepting millercarbon who, while witty, is unnecessarily  condescending, we have an answer. The Belles Aria integrated amp I just bought is wired with the channels reversed. Truly lame and quite disappointing. BAD QC. I don't expect this type of flaw from anything approaching its price-point.